Strange as It Seems and Local Jokes From Santa Ana
A string of quirky items from prominent locals and jokey quips. Santa Ana headlines mention Knox sisters born Sept 16 and a playful mis-spelling joke about Sioux. Other bits reference cattle in rain, a Scotch telegram line about love, and humorous exchanges about love, wheels, and weekend musings near San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loui
Hix's
Knox Sisters
Santa Ana
Louis Maton
Ana
Local Hot Springs Notes and Social Gatherings
Weather remarks note low Rio Grande water and light showers. Doves and ducks seen, deer rain dependency foreseen. San Vicente schools praised by Miss Harvin and Miss Lowell. Hot Springs visits from Judge Wood of Alpine and Senator Bertaley of Ripton. Picnic at Coquillas with teachers Milsee Harvin and Lowell observing. Participants include Ruby Green, Lillie Green, Marie Simpson, Lucile Hanold, Walton Shumate, Willie Green, Wayne Green, Jack Green, Dill Tooley, Bill Hanzold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coquiilas
Texas
Ruby Green
Lillie Green
Marie Simpson
Lucile Hanold
T Ue
Milsee Harvin
Lowell
Walton Shumate
Willie Green
Wayne Green
Jack Green
Dill Tooley
Bill Hanzold
Miscellaneous Care Of Child And Rural Ads
Mixed classified items include care of child requests by a middle aged woman for two dollars daily in Throckmorton Texas. Also apple sale near Fort Davis with date 19 12 4p and registered Hereford bulls for sale. Rentals listed: a combined old home for rent, Weeping apartment blocks, furnished house near Arcola heating plant with electric hot water heater. Contact names Mia Cas Enbary Lisa Cook Miss Lona Cook and T Beard with phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia Casenbary
Throckmorton
Texas
Phon Wee T. A. Beard
Church Notices and Classified Rates Advertisement
Classified rates listed first with seven cents for first insertion and three and a half cents per line for subsequent insertions. Then a lengthy roundup of church services for Episcopal Mission Presbyterian Baptist First Christian Methodist Church Church of Christ and Catholic Church with service times Sunday school sermons and youth programs. The piece ends with a reporter’s notes on Alpine youth programs and district reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
H. W. Ferguson
Junior Christian Endeavor
C. F
W. Bridges
Holehan Takes Over Western Department Store Management
J C Molehan arrived in Alpine to assume the managerial duties of the Western Department Stores in Marfa ended, Frances O Leary now in charge since P A Pinson left for Arizona last month to take a new position. Notable visitors included J R Cochran and D Boatright from Sweetwater and H Tedlock from Pasadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Molehan
Western Department
Marfa
Alpine
Gany's
Frances O'Leary
P. A. Pinson
Arizona
Superior
Oni
Thirty Thousand W O W Veterans Honored
Thirty thousand Woodmen of the World members have received service medals for twenty five years or more. W A Fraser, president, announced the thirty thousandth medal at a Fort King Camp meeting in Ocala Florida. The order, forty years old this June, holds over 100 million in investments and about half a million members. It funded Memorial Hospital in Texas and a WCW radio station in Omaha, with death and disability benefits totaling around 175 million over four decades.
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Woodmen of the World
W. A Fraser
Woodmen ‘of the World
Fort King
Oscala
Florida
Sheteh
A. Prater
Pioneers of the Woodmen of the World
Mr. Fraser
Wood‘men of the World
Far Memorial Hospital
Gan ‘Onio
Tex
WCW
Omaha
Neb
War Memorial Hospital
United States
Priaident
Dre Tent Praser
For Sale in Brewster County and Nearby Lands
Property listings describe multiple tracts in Brewster County and surrounding areas. Highlights include Ast No. 1299 offering 1900 acres with irrigation potential at 8.25 per acre, List No. 1140 with 10 acres of rich valley land and water reserves, and List No. 1266 featuring five acres of valley land for a quick sale. Also noted are corner lots on sewer lines, with prices from 150 cash, plus flexible terms and easy payments offered across listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick
Brewster County
Amomtee
On Tees
Ad- Uigheny
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Terry
Percy
San Angelo Way
Rio Grande
San Vicente
Misses Harvin
Judge
Wood
Hot Springs
Arn Bertaley
Ripton
Bogulliog
Bud Suge Ent
Antes
Holland Ave
M.A. Mixon
Rank Vickers
Singer
McNatt Brow
Fort Davis
Hasonale
Trea
Cail Orient Dairy
Avalanc
Lee Kokernot
Kernot Ranch
Mia
Bara Cook
Lona Cook
James Mission
Episcopal
Presbyterian Chur
Frank McCollum
David J. Murray
Baren Sparks
Methodist Church
W. R. McPherson
Church OF Chris
Batey
Omer Boel
Tooks
Western
C. Holehan
Western’ Management
Joo Langford
Ray Ogle
J. D. Langford
James Nettleton
HM. J. Ramsey
Marathon
H. . Tedlock
Gene Tedlock
Pasatea
Calif
D. Boatright
J. R. Cochran
Sweetwater
George Bernard Shaw
Nebraska
H. J. Mencken
Emery
Ala
Montof
Montgomery Kiwanis Club
Napoleon
Waterloo
Mencken Montgomery
North Pole
South Pole
Retail Merchants Association OF Alpine
Sam
John Gallego
Odell Brothers
P.O
Alpine, Tex
sOccasions Alpine Flower Shop
LaMode Phones
Alpine Lodge
A. F
A. M
L. B. Starns
W. M. R. B. Slight
Bean & Peters General Contractors
W.H. Ragin
Brewster Co
A. E. Owens
Fuller Bldg
A. M. Turney
Court House
Alpine, Texas
Crawford Insurance Agency
J. H. Cromwell
Frigidaire and
Delco Products
Gales and
John Hagelstein
Gan Angelo
John Perkins Inn
Holland Hotel
John Young Land Co
Matali
Laxd
Lawm Brook
Ieee
College Ave
Otis Turner
Tereee
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